آب
Arabic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːb
Etymology 1
From Classical Syriac ܐܒ (ʾāḇ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌚𒉈 (Abum). Cognate with Hebrew אָב (av, “Av, the fifth month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar”).
Proper noun
آب • (ʔāb) m
Declension
Descendants
- → Persian: آب (âb, “August”)
Verb
آبَ • (ʔāba) I, non-past يَؤُوبُ (yaʔūbu)
Conjugation
verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر |
ʔawb or ʔawba or ʔiyāb or maʔāb | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
ʔāʔib | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
مَأُوب or مَؤُوب maʔūb | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʔubtu |
ʔubta |
ʔāba |
أُبْتُمَا ʔubtumā |
آبَا ʔābā |
ʔubnā |
ʔubtum |
ʔābū | |||
f | ʔubti |
ʔābat |
آبَتَا ʔābatā |
ʔubtunna |
ʔubna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | أَأُوبُ or أَؤُوبُ ʔaʔūbu |
taʔūbu |
yaʔūbu |
تَأُوبَانِ or تَؤُوبَانِ taʔūbāni |
يَأُوبَانِ or يَؤُوبَانِ yaʔūbāni |
naʔūbu |
taʔūbūna |
yaʔūbūna | |||
f | taʔūbīna |
taʔūbu |
تَأُوبَانِ or تَؤُوبَانِ taʔūbāni |
taʔubna |
yaʔubna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | أَأُوبَ or أَؤُوبَ ʔaʔūba |
taʔūba |
yaʔūba |
تَأُوبَا or تَؤُوبَا taʔūbā |
يَأُوبَا or يَؤُوبَا yaʔūbā |
naʔūba |
taʔūbū |
yaʔūbū | |||
f | taʔūbī |
taʔūba |
تَأُوبَا or تَؤُوبَا taʔūbā |
taʔubna |
yaʔubna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔaʔub |
taʔub |
yaʔub |
تَأُوبَا or تَؤُوبَا taʔūbā |
يَأُوبَا or يَؤُوبَا yaʔūbā |
naʔub |
taʔūbū |
yaʔūbū | |||
f | taʔūbī |
taʔub |
تَأُوبَا or تَؤُوبَا taʔūbā |
taʔubna |
yaʔubna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | ʔub |
أُوبَا ʔūbā |
ʔūbū |
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f | ʔūbī |
ʔubna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | — | — | ʔība |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | — | — | yuʔābu |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | — | — | yuʔāba |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | — | — | yuʔab |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
f | — | — | — | — | — |
Kashmiri
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آب (āb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːb/
Noun
آب • (āb) m (Devanagari आब, Sharada 𑆄𑆧𑇀)
Usage notes
آب (āb) is not used for water that is meant to be drunk. For water purposed for drinking, ترٛیش (trēś) is used.
Declension
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References
- S. K. Toshakhani, J. Lal Kaul, Mohiuddin Hajni, Prithvi Nath Pushp, Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 1 (in Kashmiri), volume 1, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 138
Kermanic
References
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura
Ottoman Turkish
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian ʾp̄ (āb), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (ap-), from Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš (compare Northern Kurdish av, aw, Baluchi آپ (áp), Bakhtiari او (aw), Pashto اوبه (obë), Avestan 𐬀𐬞 (ap)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps (compare Sanskrit अप् (ap)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water, body of water”).
Alternative forms
- او (ow)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔɑːβ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäw]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔɔːb̥]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔb]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | āḇ |
Dari reading? | āb |
Iranian reading? | âb |
Tajik reading? | ob |
Audio (Iranian Persian) (file)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 312
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic آب (ʔāb), from Classical Syriac ܐܒ.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔɑːβ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɑːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔɔːb̥]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔb]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | āḇ |
Dari reading? | āb |
Iranian reading? | âb |
Tajik reading? | ob |
Further reading
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “آب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Sindhi
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic آب (ʔāb), from Classical Syriac ܐܒ (ʾāḇ).
See also
Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text) | |||
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January | February | March | April |
شهر واحد (šahr wāḥad), كانون التاني (kānūn it-tāni) |
شهر تنين (šahr tnēn), شباط (šbāṭ) |
شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte), آذار (ʔāḏār) |
شهر أربعة (šahr arbaʕa), نيسان (nīsān) |
May | June | July | August |
شهر خمسة (šahr ḵamse), أيّار (ʔayyār) |
شهر ستّة (šahr sitte), حزيران (ḥazīrān) |
شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa), تمّوز (tammūz) |
شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye), آب (ʔāb) |
September | October | November | December |
شهر تسعة (šahr tisʕa), أيلول (ʔēlūl) |
شهر عشرة (šahr ʕašara), تشرين الأوّل (tišrīn il-ʔawwal) |
شهر حدعش (šahr ḥdaʕš), تشرين التاني (tišrīn it-tāni) |
شهر تنعش (šahr tnaʕš), كانون الأوّل (kānūn il-ʔawwal) |
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آب (āb).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑːb/